单词 | moreen |
释义 | moreenn. Originally: a strong ribbed worsted fabric with a watered finish, used esp. for making curtains and furnishings in the 18th and 19th centuries. Later: a watered furnishing fabric made of wool, cotton, or a mixture of these; (more generally) any heavy fabric with a watered finish. Cf. moiré n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool moreena1691 satinette1723 jeanette1785 gambroon1812 cassinette1817 merino1818 lustre1831 Russell cord1834 domett1835 mousseline de laine1835 moreen-damask1837 delaine1840 Orleans1844 kerseynette1846 balzarine1849 muslin-de-laine1856 Verona serge1858 president1860 Persian cord1873 moreen silk1889 niggerhead1892 Viyella1894 Verona1904 Panama1907 Parisian cloth1960 a1691 G. Etherege Song of Basset in Wks. (1704) 287 Let Equipage and Dress despair, Since Basset is come in; For nothing can oblige the Fair Like Mony and Morine. 1766 B. Franklin in Papers (1969) XIII. 233 I send you..a Piece of Crimson Morin for Curtains. 1773 J. Beekman Let. 22 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 695 Viz..2 pieces black Moreens 2 pieces Saxon blue 2 pieces Green. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont III. 67 A high, long, old~fashion room, with a dark blue morine bed at the end of it. 1797 Bradford Parish Acct. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) (at cited word) Moreen and lace, 12s. 1d. Making a curtain of it before the organ, 14s. 1d. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. vii. 103 ‘Here, Squire, is the scissors,’ said Remarkable, producing from beneath her petticoat of green mooren, a pair of dull-looking shears. 1857 J. H. Walsh Man. Domest. Econ. 183 Woollen damasks and moreens are sold at from 9d. to 1s. 6d. per yard. 1905 Longman's Mag. July 198 She had discarded horsehair for cretonne and moreen for dimity. 1985 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 12/3 The proper dark wood surfaces, the rich colors of the leathers, the wool fabrics such as moreen and plush, now give the chairs the look they had in the 18th century. Compounds General attributive. moreen curtain n. ΚΠ a1864 N. Hawthorne Dolliver Rom. (1883) 15 The old gentleman..pulled aside the faded moreen curtains of his ancient bed. 1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman xl. 300 The frayed moreen curtains were drawn. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool moreena1691 satinette1723 jeanette1785 gambroon1812 cassinette1817 merino1818 lustre1831 Russell cord1834 domett1835 mousseline de laine1835 moreen-damask1837 delaine1840 Orleans1844 kerseynette1846 balzarine1849 muslin-de-laine1856 Verona serge1858 president1860 Persian cord1873 moreen silk1889 niggerhead1892 Viyella1894 Verona1904 Panama1907 Parisian cloth1960 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. v. 185 An unsavoury smell of pitch, moreen-damask, savoury viands, and fresh paint. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool moreena1691 satinette1723 jeanette1785 gambroon1812 cassinette1817 merino1818 lustre1831 Russell cord1834 domett1835 mousseline de laine1835 moreen-damask1837 delaine1840 Orleans1844 kerseynette1846 balzarine1849 muslin-de-laine1856 Verona serge1858 president1860 Persian cord1873 moreen silk1889 niggerhead1892 Viyella1894 Verona1904 Panama1907 Parisian cloth1960 1889 John Bull 2 Mar. 151/2 A dress of blue moreen silk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1691 |
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